Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

Which of the following is NOT correct in respect of the term 'jangli' the context of in medieval India?

Options:

The term described those whose livelihood came from the gathering of forest produce, hunting and shifting agriculture.

Being jangli did not mean an absence of "civilisation".

It was a term used for troublemakers thrown out of the cities.

All of the above.

Correct Answer:

It was a term used for troublemakers thrown out of the cities.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - It was a term used for troublemakers thrown out of the cities.

Option 1- The term described those whose livelihood came from the gathering of forest produce, hunting and shifting agriculture.
Option 2- Being jangli did not mean an absence of "civilisation".
Option 3- It was a term used for troublemakers thrown out of the cities.
Option 4- All of the above.

 

Forest dwellers were termed jangli in contemporary texts. Being jangli, however, did not mean an absence of “civilisation”, as popular usage of the term today seems to connote. Rather, the term described those whose livelihood came from the gathering of forest produce, hunting and shifting agriculture. These activities were largely season specific. Among the Bhils, for example, spring was reserved for collecting forest produce, summer for fishing, the monsoon months for cultivation, and autumn and winter for hunting. Such a sequence presumed and perpetuated mobility, which was a distinctive feature of tribes inhabiting these forests.